Thank you to the following cachers:
1. da_ewoks, for letting me jump in on her very cool series,
2. trail reader, a cacher in California, from whom da_ewoks got the idea for the series, and
3. Mom & Little J, whose gift at the 2014 Omaholiday party was several ready-to-go cache containers. I promise I will put each of them to good use!
The Dewey Decimal Classification System (DDC) was invented by Melvil Dewey. The DDC categorizes nonfiction books by subject matter into ten main divisions which are then further divided into ten subdivisions. The longer the Dewey number, the more specific the subject matter of the book. The DDC is the most widely used classification system in the world--found in libraries in over 100 countries and translated into over 30 languages.
This is part of a series of Dewey puzzles honoring cache owners of the Omaha area. Do we know these people personally? Maybe not. However, we have come to know them by their hides--the type, the container, the placement, the difficulty, etc.
Geocaching is a give-and-take activity and we all depend on the time, energy, and creativity of cache owners to keep our sport alive. If you have not yet hidden a cache, please consider doing so. To those of you who have, thank you!
Stargazingwoman was one of the first cachers I met when I started playing this crazy game. She's a cat fancier, a night owl, and although she might argue with this, I would say she's a bit of a social butterfly. She enjoys caching with friends, she is a regular at area geoevents, and she has hosted some cool events, too. She's into TBs large (as in, say, a bowling ball) and small, and can get you started Benchmarking. All in all, she's one of the area's awesome cachers. You can tell by her logs that she loves caching in the woods. I, however, am a city girl, so I compromised with the placement of this cache: it's urban, but there's a pretty nifty view from GZ.
Thank you to those who've let me know they enjoyed my first two "Dewey" puzzles; I have more up my sleeve!
In order to solve this puzzle, you do not need to know stargazingwoman. But, by simply using her hide/event titles, determine the correct coordinates for the cache by classifying each non-fiction subject in the DDC.
Tango: Thanksgivukkah: Turkey, Tapers, & Thanks! ~ For information on Thanksgiving, go to 394.26A
Romeo: Red Pig - Still Living on the Edge ~ For information on animal rights, go to 1B9.3
Lima Library Let's Geocache! ~ For information on South American travel, go to 91C.04
Bravo - Be a Better Benchmark Buddy - Challenge: 01 ~ For information on North American travel, go to 917.3D4
Sierra ... ~ For information on environmental problems, go to 36E.7
Zulu Zed Zee - this cache is easy! ~ For information on the ham radio, go to 6F1.38416
Final is located at the following coordinates: N 41 13.ABC W 096 12.DEF
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